A little bit of mutually exclusive but otherwise normal probability question all to discover a probability related fish gag. These work in class, online or as a homework.

Four “show that…” questions that encourage explanations ahead of final answers (which are already given). These are designed to create discussion and get students to think about the steps they are taking.

Six students run a race and their races are described; draw the graphs then work out in which order they came.

This is a quick worksheet on simple quadratic graphs, finding the equation that a firework travels through the air.

Three worksheets from the "Defuse The Bomb" series starting from basic stuff up to wordy questions. Hopefully I have corrected a repeat on number 1.

This has been half-complete for a while but I am looking for some more reasoning resources so decided to finish it. This involves the usual angles issues (on a line, around a point etc) as well as polygons and a slide of circle theorems.

Four slides each containing four questions; the answer is known but the questions are incomplete. These are designed to create discussion and many questions have multiple possible blanks.

This is designed to create discussion in class regarding average and range whereby students change one value in a set of numbers in order meet certain requirements. The final two slides are similar to a Don Steward task where students can change numerous values to meet three average and range requirements. I have left a template on the presentation so that you can create your own if you like.

Three “spiders”: one on perimeter and two on area. Each slide contains six questions; four contain a diagram from which a formula needs to be derived and two contain a formula where students can draw their own diagram (this should lead to interesting discussions and thought processes).

Yet another fish pun (this one was made up by me!) involving expanding and simplifying two brackets with surds. Students seem to like these in all setting and I have used these in the classroom, during online lessons and as a homework so they are pretty versatile.

This is a sheet which involves eight questions with answers given on the sheet (there are ten potential answers for the eight questions to avoid guessing). These have worked well for online schooling and allow students who are reasonably confident to get on as their answers appear on the sheet. In the meantime the teacher can help those who are less confident.

These are designed to allow those students who are confident to get on, checking hat their answers are on the sheet whilst the teacher helps those who need it. There are 6 questions but 10 possible answers.

This is a non-calculator sheet, using knowledge of exact trig values to solve problems. The joke is obviously hilarious… Designed for GCSE or AQA Further Maths Level 2 Certificate.

Find the missing values in each coordinate given the equation of the graph to reveal the fish-related joke. Ideal for use in the classroom, online or as a homework task.

This is part of a genuine news article from the BBC News website. Students are required to calculate the percentage changes in the article.

Based on the format of the BBC game show “Impossible”, there are 12 questions with 3 potential answers: one is correct, one could be correct in another context and one is impossible. These are designed to create discussion and debate in class, possibly leading on to other mathematics. I have left a template slide at the end so you can write your own if you wish.

Here’s another one; answer the questions and reveal a rather nice fish-related pun. This involves circumference and area of circles, including fractions of circles at the end. Ideal for classroom, online or homework activities.

Use the graph showing 5 hours in the life of a shark to answer the questions and reveal a (pretty terrible) punchline to a joke. These work in class or online and essentially mark themselves as they spell out the answer so students can be reasonably independent with it.

Solve the simultaneous equations and reveal the joke; ideal for either in class, online or as a homework task. The students like the competition of unveiling the punchline first.

There are six slides with a percentage and fraction sales-related question question. This involves calculating sale prices, working out which sale would offer the best price and finding the original price given the sale price. This is designed to create discussion in class.